Nottingham uses pins to roll past Lawrence

Nottingham 113-pounder Josh Magee, right, recorded one of the Northstars' eight pins on the night. He's shown here in action last season.Keith A. Muccilli/ For The Times

LAWRENCE — The Nottingham High wrestling team took after its fiery coach tonight against Lawrence, and came out as hot as ever.

The Northstars won each of the first four bouts by pin — all in the opening period — then closed the match with four consecutive falls to knock off Lawrence, 54-26.

“We came out like a ball of fire,” Nottingham coach Jason Marasco said. “We did better than I thought we were going to do, and now we’re 2-0, so it’s a good start.”

Hector Comulado sparked the Northstars with a pin in the first bout at 220 pounds, recovering from an early headlock that put him in a 2-0 hole. Comulado escaped and then saw another headlock coming.

“He tried to headlock me again, so I just bear-hugged him, and dropped him backward,” Comulado said.

The senior caught his opponent on his back and finished him in 1:09.

“Yeah I kind of started it,” Comulado said. “Once we got the first pin, our whole team got fired up and from then on we were energized.”

At 285 pounds, Reggie Charles used a front trip to plant his Lawrence counterpart in 1:33, giving Nottingham a 12-0 lead.

Tom Schroth followed with his first win at 106 pounds, pinning Lawrence’s D’Andre Moore in 36 seconds. Nottingham’s 113-pounder Josh Magee used a double-leg takedown right to a cradle to end his bout even sooner, in 25 seconds, staking the Northstars a 24-0 advantage. But Lawrence roared back with falls from Mujahid Ewell at 120 pounds, and Eric Osorio at 126, as well as a technical fall by the impressive Gordon Wolf at 132.

Gavin Schenk then earned a 6-0 decision for the Cardinals at 138, and stud junior Michael Jennings finally scored a pin in 5:39 with an armbar to a half nelson at 145 and Lawrence came all the way back to lead, 26-24, with five bouts remaining.

Nottingham, however, quickly regained the lead when 152-pounder John Pinos won by fall. Subsequent pins by Waleed Abouelela, Kevin Simon, and Jared Lavarra clinched the match. Lawrence forfeited the 195-pound bout to make it 54-26.

Abouelela highlighted the late run when he lifted his opponent off the ground with a double-leg, and brought him down directly to a half-nelson, earning a fall in just 30 seconds.

Pinos also had great energy from the start, scoring a takedown in the first three seconds, opening even Marasco’s eyes.